Re: gnus as an offline reader?

[Kevin Greiner <kgreiner@xpediantsolutions.com>]

Maus <mauslix@hotmail.com> writes:

> On Thu, 13 Mar 2003 13:05:39 +0100, kai.grossjohann@uni-duisburg.de
> (Kai Großjohann) wrote:
>
>>Maus <mauslix@hotmail.com> writes:
>>
>>> I had tried the things you suggest, but the problem is that it seems
>>> to be no way to go offline, mark the messages and then go back online
>>> and download them. And, when i'm offline i cant find the messages
>>> anymore if i close and then restart Emacs.
>>
>>You can go offline, enter a group.  Then you see a summary buffer.
>>Can you reproduce this?
>
> I don't know exactly why, but now gnus seems to store the news i
> downloded (maybe because i agentized the archive with J-a).
>
>
>>Now hit `@' on an article.  It should now be marked `%' (I think)
>>which means marked for downloading.
>>
>>Now exit the group with `q'.  Then go online and hit `J u' on the
>>group to fetch it.  Does that work?
>
> Ok, i can mark articles (i do it when i'm offline), then hit J-j  but
> J-u doesn't work well, the fact is i can't get the messages i marked.

There may be a problem.  I thought that I saw something today.  I'll
work up a fix if I can reproduce it.  That's not to say that you
shouldn't try using it (many people, including myself, are using it
successfully), just that there are other options that you can pursue.

If you're looking to mark-then-fetch in a single summary buffer, you
can also use process marks.  Use # to mark, M-# to unmark (plus many
other commands) then J-s to fetch.  The only significant difference is
that downloadable marks(%) are persistent so you can set them on many
groups then use J-s in the group buffer to fetch in all of those
groups.

> Should i hit J-u in the Summary buffer or in the Group buffer? The
> manual is difficult to understand on that point.

J-u is used in the summary buffer to fetch articles marked downloadable (%).

Kevin